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Inside a modest goat-hair tent, an adult Israelite realizes that helping support a visibly unwell family member has made him ceremonially unclean. Their expressions show dawning awareness and concern, with a water jar and folded linens nearby. Treat illness gently; no lesions, gore, childbirth, corpse, or modern medical objects.
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Leviticus 5:3

Hidden human uncleanness

Confession, Restitution, and Guilt Offerings · Leviticus 5

Story guide: Inside a modest goat-hair tent, an adult Israelite realizes that helping support a visibly unwell family member has made him ceremonially unclean. Their expressions show dawning awareness and concern, with a water jar and folded linens nearby. Treat illness gently; no lesions, gore, childbirth, corpse, or modern medical objects.

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3Or if he touches human uncleanness—any uncleanness by which one becomes unclean—and it is hidden from him, and then he comes to know it, he is guilty.

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